A Handbook of Middle English Studies

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A Handbook to Middle English Studies presents a series of original essays that explore and analyze the relationship between critical theory and late medieval literature. Featuring contributions from a variety of literary experts and emerging scholars, readings demonstrate the vitality and rich diversity of medieval literary studies. Essays on well-known but still crucial issues such as authorship, gender, and race are included, as well as readings that examine areas only recently coming under critical scrutiny such as globalization, the environment, and animality. A diverse selection of well-known works and more obscure medieval texts are considered, including the poetry of Chaucer, The Book of Margery Kempe, Piers Plowman, Mandeville's Travels, and various romances of the period. Collectively, the readings demonstrates that the manuscript culture of late medieval literature raises a number of key theoretical issues, and build upon important recent work revealing how modern critical theory is often rooted in medieval scholarship.